The administration of President Donald Trump will soon announce details of payments to farmers hurt by low crop prices and trade disputes Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday US farmers have been saddled this year with record harvests and lost billions of dollars in soybean sales to China when the nation turned to South American suppliers this fall during stalled trade talks The administration had been expected to announce a farm bailout totaling as much as 15 billion in October Rollins previously said the 43-day federal government shutdown delayed the rollout Theres no doubt that the farm economy for a lot of reasons is really really struggling right now Rollins said on NewsNation on Wednesday adding that resumed soybean purchases from China and other agricultural trade deals have improved conditions
